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COMING SOON: Town on verge of handing theater keys to CineLux
Paul Gunsky navigates his way around the boxes stacked up next to the concession booth inside Los Gatos’ classic theater building.
The CineLux CEO—who jokingly refers to his title as “head popcorn popper”—has been crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s as his company edges...
Monte Sereno adopts compliant Housing Element
Last night, Monte Sereno City Council voted unanimously to adopt a Housing Element that should be "good to go."
On April 22, the California Department of Housing and Community Development sent a letter to the City, saying it was prepared to certify their all-important homes...
Candidate fires back after attack: ‘I do not have Microsoft Paint…from 1996’
Los Gatos Town Council candidate Rob Moore says, so far, he’s knocked on about 1,500 doors in Los Gatos, experiencing cordial conversations even with detractors.
But last week he was hit by a low-budget attack campaign that called him out for allegedly supporting everything from...
County blocked homeowner’s attempt to access CZU insurance money before two-year deadline
The Santa Clara County Department of Planning and Development has been preventing a homeowner in the Lexington Hills area of Los Gatos from accessing public documents needed to fix damage caused by the storm that sparked the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex fire.
A Department of...
Los Gatos High baseball team to host Vs. Cancer Game series
The Los Gatos High baseball team is scheduled to play 27 games during the 2022 regular season, but none will be more important than its home contests in the last week of April.
And not for the usual obvious reason that Santa Clara Valley League...
Women reported for selling roses; man with spray paint can ‘yelling about Satan and goat heads’ (Police Blotter, May 15-21)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of May 15-21.
May 15
• A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance on the 1500 block of Pollard Road at 1:31am.
• A woman was arrested for driving...
Town of Los Gatos Moves Back to Virtual-Only Council After Fractious In-Person Meetings
Los Gatos announced today it would hold its future public meetings online and not in-person, after things got out of hand at two of the last three Council dates.
Writing on social news platform Next Door, Holly Zappala, a Town management analyst, said community members...
TV + fridge left outside after resident’s move; bike + e-scooter stolen; police called on man after he approaches Hillbrook Dr. door (Police Blotter, June 11-17)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of June 11-17, 2023.
June 11
• A caller reported they couldn’t concentrate because “very loud music” was playing from a complex on Camino Del Sol at 12:23pm.
June 12
• A person who moved...
Monte Sereno appoints Kirsten Powell as City Attorney
Monte Sereno voted to appoint Kirsten Powell, Scotts Valley’s top legal official, as its new City Attorney on June 6.
The City Council voted unanimously (with Councilmember Burton Craig absent) to engage Logan & Powell, LLP, as part of passing its consent calendar, which is...
Much ado about an entryway
At first glance, it may have appeared a routine Planning Commission item where a well-connected former mayor was attempting to get a variance pushed through against good architectural practice.
But as the public hearing for Mike Wasserman’s drive to keep a 300-year-old Mexican door—from the...
